Hygienic cabinet



May 10, 1932. R. o. FERGUSON HYGIENIG CABINET FiledDec. 30. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l S14/vento@ May 10, 1932. R. o. FERGUSON HYGIENIC CABINET 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Deo. 30, 1929 gwue'ntoz Patented May 10, 1932J UNITED` STATES PATENT OFFICE ROBERT O. FERGSON, OF BRISTOL, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T BERT E. ELLIOTT AND FRANK M. ELLIOTT, BOTH 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN HYGIENIC CABINET Application ledlDecember 30, 1929. Serial No. 417,499.

This invention relates to hygienic cabinets, embodying the features of my invention, the and more particularly to cabinets for holddoor being open; ing in convenient form various articles which Fig. 2 is a similar View of the cabinet with may be needed immediately in a household, as the door closed;- and in the case of illness. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section thereof. 55

An important characteristic of this inven- The cabinet is herein shown as composed tion resides in a cabinet which is particularly of a back 1, a curved rim 3 constituting the constructed and arranged, or is equipped sides, and a door 5 hinged to the rim 3 at 4, `with special devices for, supporting a founand provided with a suitable latch device tain syringe, and its several attachments, and 7 for holding the 'door closed.

also a plurality of sizes of hot water bagsfand Initeriorly, the cabinet is provided on its one or more icebags. These several articles .back l, with a hook or nail 8, for supporting are ordinarily scattered and located at vari- `the bag of a fountain syringe B, which is ous places about the room, but under this inthus suspended in normal vertical position vention means are provided within a small therein. The discharge tube or pipeT which 5 compass for supporting them in close juXtaleads from the lowermost portion of the bag position, and whereby in the case of sudden B, and is provided with the usual threaded illness, a physician, nurse, or other person in device for connection with any one of the attendance .upon the patient, will be able to usual nozzles N, is supported within the have immediate access to any one, or all of cabinet by one or more hook-shaped brackets 70 "said articles, and, without loss of time in 10'. It will be seen that these brackets, besearching for any of them. ginning with the first of the series1 asshown With the above, and other important obat the extreme upper left hand portion of jects in view, a particular feature of novelty Fig. 1, are so arranged in the top of the 25 and importance of the invention, is found in cabinetas to substantially follow a curved 75 the means for supporting, in convenient posiline corresponding vto the curvature of the tion foruse, the ordinary household fountain. upperA portion of the cabinet, whereby the syringe., It is contemplated that by such ,discharge tube may be lead upwardly along means, the reservoir or bag is sustained in a the vertical side wall of the cabinet and thence i normal position for use, while the discharge `in coiled form around, and following the 80 tubewhich carries the nozzle, is so stored vOutline of, the upper curved 'side of the within the Cabinet that. it, may be instantly cabinet Wa1l3, the tube being then crossed 1n removedin position for use, without disturbfront 0f the blg and lts telmlnal POIIOII SUP- ing the support for the bag. The preferred Ported by the two. brackits .10 whlqh are 85 35,4 means for accomplishing this comprises a Shown m dotted .lmes Wlthm thefhne of curved supporting device or devices, which ,brackets first descnbedz Soas to supporti @he are arranged to follow` substantially the find partum the coiled lllbe m lpqsltln -curved line of the top portion of the cabinet, or Convenient y msertm t nozz e msl e of the open mouth of the ag. By thus sup- .Symge properly support tllil;l terminal portion of (bsd-large tilltlet 11111 be iieadyd'en tlfmt esrm mcon ion or I the coil 0f the discharge tubes 39d Prevntfimmgdiateuvsvd, thataiswiglen thecabinetis the formation of abruptbendS'0rk1I1kS,WhlCh supported suitably in vertical position,

would tend t0 destroy vthe tube. shownv in Fig. 1. If needed, the bag may be 9,5

The novel features ofthe invention will be filled with llquid while so supported within best understood from the following detailed the cabinet, and the discharge tube by merely description, Awhen considered in connection pulling the same outwardly to disengage it' with the accompanying drawings, in which: from the brackets 10, will be at once avai1 m0 5o' Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a cabinet able, the bag and its discharge tube being causing leakage.

In addition to the means for supporting the fountain syringe as above described, the interior of the cabinet is shown as provided with a plurality of forked brackets 12. Some of these are for the purpose of supporting -the various nozzles N for the fountain syringe, while other brackets support the different types of syringes S, S, which may be needed at various times.

The door 5 is shown as provided exteriorly with a mirror 6, preferably having its ed es formed with a plurality of faces 6', or ornamental purposes, or being otherwise formed in outline. The interior of the door carries a hook, screw, or other supporting device 14 for holding a plurality of hot water bags H, of different sizes, and also if desired, an ice bag I. These several devices hang from the same support 1 4, and when the cabinet door is thrown open as shown in Fig. 1, it will be readily seen that each and' every one of these devices which are needed frequently in the sick room, are available for use simultaneously with the several syringes which are located in the body of the cabinet. The'cabinet as an entirety, therefore, includes within its walls a complete set of the usual syringes, water bags and ice bags, which devices are all housed together and in such convenient manner as to render it unnecessary to lose valuable time in searching for any one of such devices, in a case of illness.

The right is reserved to make such changes and modifications in the details of construction of the device as herein disclosed, as will be comprehended by the followingclaims.

I claim 1. A cabinet having a back wall, means for supporting a fountain syringe in vertical position on said wall, comprising a device for sustaining the bag Iof the syringe, means for supporting the discharge tube in curved form arranged above said device and constructed to permit the tube to be coiled about the mouth of the bag, and additional means for supporting, in curved form, the terminal portion of the dicharge tube in position for the nozzle to be held within the mouth of the bag, said additional means being arranged below and within the first-named supporting means. .y

2. A cabinet having enclosing walls, means for supporting a fountain syringe on one of said Walls, comprising a device for sustainmg the bag of the syringe, means for sup- ,portmgthe discharge tube in curved form arranged abovesaid device and constructed to permit the tube to be coiled about the mouth o f the bag, and additional' means .for supportmg, in curved form, the terminal portion of the discharge tube in position for thel 

